Headlight bulb replacement Options bnsc100 - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 1:30:56 pm |
Good question - how common are burned lenses? Red_Lightnin! - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 2:59:42 pm |
All of the.... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 4:40:11 pm |
The Porsche headlight bulb may run cooler but the original headlight is becoming discolored... MarcW - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 5:03:17 pm |
I used only OEM lamps and I have burns and cracks Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S) - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 5:49:39 pm |
My inter lens has been yellowing and cracking for some time too, Naples986 - Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, at 8:01:03 pm |
I've been wondering .... mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Thursday, 10 February, 2011, at 7:28:36 pm |
Re: Xenon HID Conversion bnsc100 - Thursday, 10 February, 2011, at 9:30:27 pm |
Re: Xenon HID Conversion Naples986 - Thursday, 10 February, 2011, at 10:14:24 pm |
non-issue. was originally a nanny state nhtsa mandate... Burg Boxster - Thursday, 10 February, 2011, at 9:54:07 pm |
My info is to lessen the chance of dirt scattering the light and causing problems for oncoming... MarcW - Thursday, 10 February, 2011, at 10:37:35 pm |
you're confused - light scatter concern is why auto-level feature required.......................... *NM* Burg Boxster - Friday, 11 February, 2011, at 8:33:53 am |
Light scatter is from dirt and the washing system is there to address that. The leveling feature.... MarcW - Friday, 11 February, 2011, at 1:50:52 pm |
you didn't finish the sentence, it s/b.... affect the headlight's aim to reduce scatter/glare....... Burg Boxster - Saturday, 12 February, 2011, at 9:13:06 am |
My understanding is that xenon washers are a German legal requirement. *NM* Laz - Saturday, 12 February, 2011, at 10:10:43 am |
From burnt lens to Bi Xenon (low & high beam) projector HID Naples986 - Sunday, 13 February, 2011, at 4:42:51 pm |
Re: From burnt lens to Bi Xenon (low & high beam) projector HID Guenter in Ontario - Sunday, 13 February, 2011, at 8:34:48 pm |
Re: From burnt lens to Bi Xenon (low & high beam) projector HID Naples986 - Monday, 14 February, 2011, at 6:44:51 pm |
Re:I thought that the washers were there .... bgale (Montrose,CO) - Friday, 11 February, 2011, at 11:14:42 am |
Re: I've been wondering .... 986rgt - Friday, 11 February, 2011, at 12:20:20 pm |
Re: I've been wondering .... Naples986 - Thursday, 17 February, 2011, at 3:33:29 pm |
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986rgt
" There are ways to retrofit projectors into a reflector housing, but it takes lots of work, cutting, melting, and headlight dis-assembly. Since Porsche headlights use one bulb for high and low beam, you would need to find bi-xenon projectors, and these are hard to find, and get expensive."
You are right 986rgt, it does take some research to get the right HID projectors for our cars but it can be done at a fraction of what OEM cost. While researching for my reto fit project, I read many posts from Porsche owners with burnt lens that could not spend the money (thousands for used ones) for litronics so they just lived with them
If you are handy and have for the most part basic tools you can retro fit some projectors on your halogen headlights too or for the price of one new OEM Halogen headlight unit ($850 to $995) you can buy a projector HID kit and pay a pro to do it for you. In my case, since my lenses were already burnt and I was tired of "living" with them I decided to try the retro fit route. I did most of the work with some guidance from my son and with all the money I saved I upgraded some of my yellow lights to LED's (please don't tell STAF) and am very pleased with the results.
Regards